71.   Finance Minister Mikhail Zadornov said he hoped parliament would pass the entire economic plan, but said the government had fallback plans if the package is not approved.

72.   Government forces are expected to retake control of the volatile, ethnic Albanian-populated regions in the northwest only after the whole peace package is approved.

73.   Hastert hopes the big spending package can be approved by the House next week, said Hastert spokesman John Feehery.

74.   House Republicans late Tuesday approved a package of procedural changes for the next Congress, including the committee makeover.

75.   House Speaker Dennis Hastert hopes the spending package can be approved in the House next week, said Hastert spokesman John Feehery.

76.   His government has approved a package of emergency anti-terrorism measures, including preventing Islamic extremists from using religious organizations as a front.

77.   If ministers approve the package next week, it will face a second reading in the European Parliament this summer.

78.   In June, parliament approved a package of national budget revisions intended to cool off the economy.

79.   Macedonian government forces are not expected to retake control of the volatile, ethnic Albanian-populated regions in the northwest before the whole peace package is approved.

80.   Meanwhile, new Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin urged parliament to approve a package of economic reforms to help Russia secure a relatively modest loan from the International Monetary Fund.